The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-03-03
CHAPTER XVII.


a pile of letters and papers lay be
side my plate, and oh! how glad L
was to get them! | would have an
hour after breakfast before Lula's
lessons, and now that I was relieved
Of my attendance upon Winnie, L
felt as free as Il bird, and could eat
my breakfast with both patience and
appetite.
[ read aunt Fanny's letter first.
She had much to tell, and had ar
ranged for short visit to our New
England friends, before returning
home. Her health was greatly i'm
proved, and uncle Ed had gone
home to prepare for her coming.
But Helen was to spend the whole
summer North, between Newport,
Saratoga and Long Branch. She
had not yet left New York, and in
a long letter from her occurred this
paragraph:
owe attended DR.. AS church
Yesterday, and the singing was di-
vine, but DR.. A. was absent, and the
young man who preached in his
place was more distracting than the
music, for he was the handsomest
specimen of manhood that my eyes
ever rested upon, land you know
how [ do adore masculine beauty y
and somehow, Lillian, his face SEEM
ed strangely familiar. DO you re-
member the handsome fellow with
the beautiful brown moustache who
came upon the rostruna at the Semi
nary that night of the concert, and
Madam Bishop introduced him to
US both, but l did not hear his name,
in fact 1 think Madam B. forg Got to
mention it at all, and l never saw
him afterwards. Well, this young
preacher is either that man, or
enough like him to be his tsci,a
brother2 I tried to find out the
name of the preacher, but failed to
do so, though Phil Rensaville said
he thought it was a C IMr. Stertiag."
[ wonder if he is a kinsman of
ours
"Aug. Goth. Oh! Lillian, 1
haze seen and spoken to him, and he
really is our kinsman! [ mean of
course, the handsome young preacher.
He was with Mrs. William Howard,
our beautiful cousin who lives on
51st street, and we met at one of
"Thomas's summer night concerts
at Central Park gardens, cousin
Louise introduced him as "Reu. Mr..
Sterlng," and I managed after
while to ask him elf he had any
English relatives" and found that
he is the grandson Of our great aunt,
Lady Graa1ley! He is to supply
DIR. AS church for a month, until
DIR. A. returns from his summer
trip in the mountains and then he
says he Is going to the South again.
Isn't It curious, and delightful By
the-way, have you seen or heard
anything of Charlie Viuiam 2 Aunt
Fanny said you had met with a
Mrs. Y. I wonder if it is Charles
mother! Do write and tell me what
you are doing, &C., &c"
The next letter that / opened was
a second one from aunt Fanny,
written some days later, from Hart
ford. After telling me of her plans,
she writes:-
"Just before leaving New York,
I went with Helen and Philip to
DIR. AS church on Madison Ave,
and we heard a most excellent SER
mon from young Mr.. Sterling. I
think he must be a relative of ours,
from his resemblance to the Sterlings
of North Carolina, and now that ]
think Of it, he must be the son OF
Crawley Sterling, who was sent to
England to complete his education
and to become acquainted with the
Sterlings and Ashedurnes there. ]
will find out all about him from
aunt Atwood. I left New York or
Monday morning, and now find my.
self in this beautiful New England
city, in the midst of the old anc
familiar scenes of my school-days
Yet there have been wonderful
changes!
The street cars, the electric lights
the new capitol, and its beautifully